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17th European Lead Battery Conference Timed Programme
17th European Lead Battery Conference
Timed Programme
Day 1: 22 September
Session: Industry Insights
12.00 Welcome address and introduction to virtual ELBC
Andy Bush (International Lead Association, UK)
12.15 Keynote paper: The Future is Calling Mark Wallace, (Clarios, USA)
12.40 A review of the lead battery industry in China Dong Li (Leoch International, China)
13.05 Battery market trends (2019-2030) for electronic devices, automotive and industrial applications
Christophe Pillot (Avicenne, France)
13.35 Break
13.45 Lead prices to sink or swim in the 2020s? Neil Hawkes (CRU, United Kingdom)
14.10 Global market trends for industrial lead batteries
Nick Starita, (Hollingsworth and Vose, USA)
14.35 Energy boost: How pioneering research is changing the shape of modern lead batteries
Alistair Davidson, (Consortium for Battery Innovation, United Kingdom)
15.00 Live session ends
On Demand Battery Automotive Technology Trends Review: Meeting the battery demands of an increasingly energy-storage-hungry automotive sector
Carl Telford (Ricardo Strategic Consulting, United Kingdom)
On Demand Peak China? Prospects for reshaping patterns of global lead supply and demand
Huw Roberts (CHR Metals, United Kingdom)
On Demand The lead butterfly effect: understanding the interconnected world of lead batteries
Farid Ahmed (Wood McKenzie, United Kingdom)
On Demand Informal ULAB recycling in low and middle- income countries: impact and future directions
Richard Fuller (Pure Earth, USA)
On Demand Towards a new EU regulatory framework on batteries
Rene Schroeder (Eurobat, Belgium)
On Demand The real Green Deal: how lead batteries are charging the future
Hywel Jarman (International Lead Association, United Kingdom)
Industry Insights On demand presentations
Day 2: 23 September
Session: Automotive Battery Advancements
Session: Carbon Additives For Automotive Applications
12.00 Opening remarks from Panel
12.05 – 12.25 Improved test methods for European Standards to judge water consumption and corrosion effects of lead batteries in modern applications
Torsten Hildebrandt (Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KGaA, Hanover, Germany)
Improvements of the flooded-type Ultrabattery for short distance collection and delivery truck applications
Hiroya Kaido (Furukawa Battery Co., Hoshikawa, Japan)
Development of a new high-temperature durability test for automotive lead batteries
Jonathan Wirth (RWTH Aachen Unviversity, Aachen, Germany)
Lead batteries for dash cam applications: Experiences and lab test development
Joern Albers (Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KGaA , Hanover, Germany) Young Kug Lee (Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, South Korea)
High DCA and low water consumption: Update on ArcActive’s carbon fibre negative electrode
Stuart McKenzie (Arc Active, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Development of battery model for automotive simulation with less prior data
Katsuyuki Sato (GS Yuasa International Ltd, Kyoto, Japan)
12.25 Panel discussion and Q&A
13.00 Break
13.10 Opening remarks from Panel
13.15 – 13.30 Progress towards high DCA lead batteries and formulated carbon blends
Paolina Atassanova and Yu-Hua (Cabot Corporation, Billerica, MA, USA)
Chemically-modified carbon additives for increased dynamic charge acceptance in lead-acid batteries
Begüm Bozkaya (Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC, Wurzburg, Germany)
Functional carbon additives for advanced lead based batteries
Pascual Garcia Perez (Imerys Graphite & Carbon, Bodio, Switzerland)
MOLECULAR REBAR(R) Solutions for corrosion resistance and microcycling applications
Paul Everill (Black Diamond Structures, LLC, Austin, TX, USA)
Dynamic charge acceptance and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy – comparability, influence of cell design and carbon additives
Sophia Matthias (Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
13.30 Panel discussion and Q&A
14.00 Break
Day 2: 23 September continued
Session: Fundamental Science I
14.10 Opening remarks from Panel
14.15 – 14.35 CBI: Lead Battery Innovation Roadmap and Technical Program
Matthew Raiford (Consortium for Battery Innovation, Durham, NC, USA)
Limiting acid-stratification in EFB’s during start-stop operation
George Brilmyer (Microporous LLC, Piney Flats, TN, USA)
Effectiveness of start stop battery performance in extended life duration
Yildrim Eydemir (Abdulkadir Özcan Otomotiv Lastik San. ve Tic. AŞ. (AKO BATTERY), Ankara, Turkey)
Latest works on the Properzi Wheel and Belt Caster and Rolling Mill to produce wide lead strip for punched grids
Gabriele Salvatore Muscarnera (Continuus-Properzi S.p.A, Sordio, Italy)
The role of Lug preheating, melt pool temperature, and Lug entrance delay on the cast-on-strap joining process
Aliasghar Alagheband Hosseini (Sarv sanat toos (SST Co.), Iran)
Interaction of main reactions and side reactions at positive and negative electrodes – a view at PSoC operation comprising shallow cycling, dynamic transients, and stand periods
Eberhard Meissner (Eberhard Meissner Battery Specialist, Hanover, Germany)
14.35 Panel discussion and Q&A
15.00 Live session ends
Day 3: 24 September
Session: Lead Batteries In Energy Storage Applications
Session: Fundamental Science II
12.00 Opening remarks from Panel
12.05 – 12.20 Energy storage in the energy transition: opportunities for battery storage
Patrick Clerens, (European Association for the Storage of Energy, Belgium)
Benchmark of the cycling performance of high purity Pb’s in a wind farm cycle
Travis Hesterberg (RSR Technologies, Dallas, TX, USA)
The lead-carbon battery with graphite/carbon for energy storage applications
Joseph Li (Superior Graphite, Chicago, IL, USA)
The design and testing of a hybrid electric boat powered from VRLA batteries
Joseph Cilia (Abertax Technologies, Valetta, Malta)
Advanced lead-acid battery management for low-TCO stationary storage systems
Gregorio Cappucino and Francesco Amoroso (CalBatt, Rende, Italy)
12.20 Panel discussion and Q&A
12.55 Break
13.05 Opening remarks from Panel
13.05 – 13.30 A model for oxygen evolution impact on the top-of-charge behaviour of the lead-acid positive electrode
Brian McKeon (Ecoult Energy Storage Solution, Syndey, Australia and East Penn Manufacturing, Lyons, PA, USA)
New formation connector design and new working practices dramatically reduce costs for lead acid battery manufacturers.
Mike McDonagh (Ecotech Energy Solutions Ltd, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom)
Growth mechanisms of nano- to micron-sized lead sulfate particles
Michael Wall (University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA)
Battery Separators – oxidation pathways and thermomechanical properties
Rick Pekala (Entek International LLC, Lebanon, OR, USA)
Effect of graphene oxide for the inhibition of sulfation in lead-carbon interfaces
Shu-Huei Hsieh (National Formosa University, Huwei, Taiwan)
Polyethylene Separator in enhanced flooded batteries – Quo Vadis?
Jörg Deiters (Daramic, Sélestat, France)
13.30 Panel discussion and Q&A
14.00 Break
Day 3: 24 September
Session: Enhancements In Industrial Applications
14.10 Opening remarks from Panel
14.15 – 14.35 Silicon Joule bipolar battery technology benefits, manufacturability improvement,and impedance reduction
Esteban Hinojosa (Gridtential Energy, Santa Clara, CA, USA)
Electrochemical behaviour of carbon nanomaterials in the positive plate
Francisco Trinidad (Exide Technologies, Azuqueca, Spain)
EcoSlag: A green process to recycle slags from secondary lead smelters
Almir Trindade and Rodrico Pimenta Giacomini (Antares Recycling, Apucarana, Brazil) and ISI PM – Instituto SENAI de Inovação em Processamento Mineral , Instituto Senai de Tecnologia em Construção Civil – Ponta Grossa and Universidade Tecnologica do Paraná Campus de Apucarana
Improving rechargeability through use of organic type, organic dopant and carbon loading
Marco Robotti (Hammond Group, Hammond, IN, USA)
Building better batteries at scale; GreenSeal® Technology on the factory floor
Michael Everett (Advanced Battery Concepts, Clare, MI USA)
Adaptive charging of lead acid batteries for maximum efficiency and cycle lifetime
Gregorio Cappucino (CalBatt, Rende, Italy)
14.35 Panel discussion and Q&A
15.00 Live session ends
On Demand Examination of the effects of surfactants on crystal growth and curing of the positive active material
Marco Robotti (Hammond Group Inc.)
On Demand Assessing UltraBattery® strings for state of health using electrochemical techniques
Michael Glenn, James Bott, Lawrence Chan, Ian Wilson, Brian McKeon and Scott Donne (Ecoult, Sydney, Australia)
Fundamental Science II On demand presentations
Lead Batteries In Energy Storage Applications On demand presentations
Day 3: 24 September
On Demand New level sensor for flooded technology KD Merz, Abertax Technologies
On Demand A new battery management tool for lead batteries
Malcolm Tabone, Abertax Technologies
On Demand Ahlstrom-Munksjo Forticell, fiber based solutions for energy storage applications
Bertrand Rupin and Daniele Borlatto, Ahlstrom Munksjo Group
On Demand How to seriously cut CO2 emission for lead oxide production within city limits: CAM case history
Maria-Pia De Simone, CAM srl
On Demand Digatron DCA testing solutions Marc Thielmann, Digatron Power Electronics
On Demand Inbatec/Kustan – our mission innovative solutions
Christian Pampahl, Inbatec
On Demand Raise your battery performance with OMI Formation equipment
Melissa Maggioni, OMI-NBE
On Demand Increasing plant efficiency and capacity Daniel Jackson, Pyrotek
On Demand Sorfin Yoshimura: Optimizing Supply Chains in any Market Environment
Maria Kurpitko, SY Innovations and Scott Fink, Sorfin Yoshimura
On Demand The pandemic does not stop innovation: a guided tour through Sovema Group’s workshop among advanced equipment for battery manufacturing
Marcello Fantoni, Sovema Group
On Demand Advanced methods and equipment for lead-acid battery production in the 21st century
John W Wirtz II, Wirtz Manufacturing Company Inc
Suppliers forum sessions on demand
